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Disability Awareness/Sensitivity for
Secondary Students
Developed by:
FDLRS/Gateway
4256 SW County Road 152
Jasper, FL
800-404-0205
Purpose….
To expand knowledge, understanding, and awareness of individuals with disabilities
Disability Awareness Quiz
Disability Awareness Quiz
Please answer True or False
____1. A person with a learning disability has a lower than average IQ . ____2. A person who can't hear can use the telephone.
____3. A disability could be contagious.
____4. A person who has cerebral palsy always has an intellectual disability.
____5. A person who uses a wheelchair can't play basketball.
____6. A person who is blind cannot read.
____7. A person who has an intellectual disability cannot get a job.
____8. A person who has a disability cannot live alone.
____9. A person who has a disability cannot vote.
There are many types of disabilities.
Some disabilities can be seen, others cannot.
Disabilities might include:
Vision, hearing, or speech Physical disabilities Mental disabilities Emotional disabilities Health disabilities
People with disabilities are like everyone else, they :
Share many of the same values, interests, hopes and dreams
They desire to: Be independent Earn a living Enjoy recreation and leisure activities Live their dreams
People First Language……
Put the person before the disability
“People-First” Language
Instead of …… The disabled;
handicapped; crippled; suffers from a disability
The blind
The deaf; deaf and dumb; suffers a hearing loss
Say… Person with a
disability
Person who is blind; person with a visual impairment
Person who is deaf; person with a hearing impairment
“People-First” Language
Instead of…. Crazy; psycho;
lunatic
Retarded; mentally defective
Confined or restricted to a wheelchair; wheelchair bound
Cripple; lame; handicapped; deformed
Say…… Person with mental
illness Person with an
intellectual disability Person who uses a
wheelchair
Person with a physical disability
The first activity is….
Paragraph Written by a Student with a Disability
I suspect that the child with a learning disability must
frequently experience an Alice in Wonderland existence.
Often we find that he must cope with an unstable world,
inconsistent adults and haphazard perceptions. He’s
confused by the crazy symbols we give him, pressured
by the length of time to do it and frustrated by his repeated
failures. He does not learn the traditional way and so we
must teach him differently.
Visual Perception Activities
These activities demonstrate that things are not always what they seem to be.
Our thoughts/opinions/feelings about things are influenced by our perception.
Visual Perception Activity #1
Visual Perception Activity # 2
The next Activity…..
A Drawing Challenge
A Drawing Challenge
The last activity is…………
Follow the Leader an activity designed to show what the school experience might be like for some students with disabilities
Closing Discussion
Other ideas on how to promote better communication with people with disabilities